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What bike did you ride today?
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Haha she's so awesome!
dnc1
Riding a '38 Autocycle Deluxe
Ended up doing around 40 miles in London at the worlds biggest cycling festival yesterday, fantastic day!
Rode my old French bike on wood sprints with tubs, pictured here on The Mall.....
Pictured outside St. Paul's cathedral.....
Near the Houses of Parliament.....
Outside Buckingham Palace.....
Lots of people enjoying cycling on Waterloo Bridge.....
All sorts of bikes, from custom cruisers to kids.....
Lots of cool and fun stuff to see.....
One of my favourite events of the year!
Rode my old French bike on wood sprints with tubs, pictured here on The Mall.....
Pictured outside St. Paul's cathedral.....
Near the Houses of Parliament.....
Outside Buckingham Palace.....
Lots of people enjoying cycling on Waterloo Bridge.....
All sorts of bikes, from custom cruisers to kids.....
Lots of cool and fun stuff to see.....
One of my favourite events of the year!
Prewar Schwinn kinda morning. ..
birdzgarage
cruisin my 80s bmx bikes
MarkKBike
Finally riding a big boys bike
Vintage Single speed in as found condition, we took our maiden voyage today. It was actually a lot more comfortable ride than it would appear. Just pumped up the tires, and took off! A few of the hills gave me a little scare with the untested coaster brake, but both the bike and I survived. I got home just in time, as the rear tire slowly lost pressure throughout the ride.
I'm going to like this bike, its a keeper! I'm kind of surprised how soft and stable it felt over the bumpy portions of the path. The gearing is just right for most situations.
I'm going to like this bike, its a keeper! I'm kind of surprised how soft and stable it felt over the bumpy portions of the path. The gearing is just right for most situations.
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Replaced the bottom bracket I probably should have replaced a year ago, adjusted the shifters, and took the USAAF bike for a ride in Gloucester, MA.
Gloucester Harbor or Glostah Hahbah, phonetically (Boston Southie accent that everyone thinks the whole area sounds like).
The sculpture that's always shown is the Fisherman memorial for those lost at sea, but this one—for the families of the lost—is not so often shown. There's a place in the woods called Dogtown, which was a previously abandoned settlement where many of these widows ended up. Legend has it that it's haunted with foul spirits leading people in circles (which is more like the Leshy from Slavic legend). I'll admit, it can be an odd place to bike where the place you entered a clearing seems to disappear behind you, but I doubt it was the spirits of poor fishing widows relegated to destitute living without their husband's income and unfairly given the reputation for being witches and more a function of topography. But Dogtown wasn't just widows, but vagabonds, escaped slaves, and (probably) women of independent mind. The name comes from the large number of dogs they were supposed to have kept for protection. I also never heard the reputed evil cackle of witches in the woods. However, I prefer such scrappy independent women—with a touch of evil or not—over the ordinary and submissive, and sometimes they take a liking to me, too. Perhaps my very selective brand of charm works even better on their spirit forms.
A sculpture of Poseidon's son, Triton. I never met Triton, but I do feel the artist took some serious liberties with this as it is mechanically problematic since having double flukes on each foot would cause interference with each other while swimming. Come on, guy!
Stage Fort Park gun battery, the business side. Seagull pirates can just be seen in the back over what looks like the fort's magazine gathering to raid that picnic table. Shortly after this picture, they made their strike and escaped with much plunder.
Stage Fort Park gun battery, the party side. I should have brought a real camera to better get that beautiful sail boat on the left and the small lighthouse on the island, center right.
Gloucester Harbor or Glostah Hahbah, phonetically (Boston Southie accent that everyone thinks the whole area sounds like).
The sculpture that's always shown is the Fisherman memorial for those lost at sea, but this one—for the families of the lost—is not so often shown. There's a place in the woods called Dogtown, which was a previously abandoned settlement where many of these widows ended up. Legend has it that it's haunted with foul spirits leading people in circles (which is more like the Leshy from Slavic legend). I'll admit, it can be an odd place to bike where the place you entered a clearing seems to disappear behind you, but I doubt it was the spirits of poor fishing widows relegated to destitute living without their husband's income and unfairly given the reputation for being witches and more a function of topography. But Dogtown wasn't just widows, but vagabonds, escaped slaves, and (probably) women of independent mind. The name comes from the large number of dogs they were supposed to have kept for protection. I also never heard the reputed evil cackle of witches in the woods. However, I prefer such scrappy independent women—with a touch of evil or not—over the ordinary and submissive, and sometimes they take a liking to me, too. Perhaps my very selective brand of charm works even better on their spirit forms.
A sculpture of Poseidon's son, Triton. I never met Triton, but I do feel the artist took some serious liberties with this as it is mechanically problematic since having double flukes on each foot would cause interference with each other while swimming. Come on, guy!
Stage Fort Park gun battery, the business side. Seagull pirates can just be seen in the back over what looks like the fort's magazine gathering to raid that picnic table. Shortly after this picture, they made their strike and escaped with much plunder.
Stage Fort Park gun battery, the party side. I should have brought a real camera to better get that beautiful sail boat on the left and the small lighthouse on the island, center right.
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saladshooter
Cruisin' on my Bluebird
'36 Hartford & '37 Shelby
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